Disaster Preparedness

Disaster preparedness.

Community emergency/disaster preparedness.

The pediatrician and disaster preparedness.

For decades, emergency planning for natural disasters, public health emergencies, workplace accidents, and other calamities has been the responsibility of government agencies on all levels and certain nongovernment organizations such as the American Red Cross. In the case of terrorism, however, entirely new approaches to emergency planning are under development for a variety of reasons. Terrori...

Disaster management and physician preparedness.

There are an increasing amount and variety of disasters occurring throughout the United States. Many of these disasters require physicians to provide medical assistance. This article provides a brief introduction to disaster preparedness and its recent history and physicians' obligations, role, education, preparation, and response. It is the intent of this article to increase awareness and prov...

Hospital disaster preparedness in Switzerland.

STUDY OBJECTIVE Hospital preparedness is an essential component of any developed health care system. However, there is no national legislation in Switzerland. The objective of this inquiry was to establish the geographic distribution, availability and characteristics of hospital preparedness across Switzerland. METHODS A questionnaire regarding hospital preparedness in 2006 was addressed to a...